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714:, based on recent reconstructions of Old Chinese phonology, epigraphic evidence, and syntactic considerations. For example, 非 has been proposed to be a contraction of 不 (bù) + 唯/隹 (wéi/zhuī). These contractions are not generally graphically evident, nor is there a general rule for how a character representing a contraction might be formed. As a result, the identification of a character as a contraction, as well as the word(s) that are proposed to have been contracted, are sometimes disputed. 3781:
synonyms (but alternatives to the compound may exist). May be considered idiomatic, though the meaning of most were transparent when coined. Many are usually written hyphenated, but this reflects a common preference to hyphenate English compounds (except verbs) containing prepositions. "Fixed" being a matter of degree, in this case it essentially means "standard"—that the contraction is not considered informal is the best sign that it is fixed.
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person object)' or 此 '(near demonstrative)' in pre-Qin texts. Instead, the respective 'contractions' 爰/焉, 云, and 然 are always used in their place. Nevertheless, no known object pronoun is phonologically appropriate to serve as the hypothetical pronoun that had undergone contraction. Hence, many authorities do not consider them to be true contractions. As an alternative explanation for their origin,
2905: 2474: 2208: 1312: 52: 1724:, the preposition את (/ʔet/), which indicates a definite direct object, and the definite article prefix -ה (/ha-/) are often contracted to 'ת (/ta-/) when the former immediately precedes the latter. Thus ראיתי את הכלב (/ʁaˈʔiti ʔet haˈkelev/, "I saw the dog") may become ראיתי ת'כלב (/ʁaˈʔiti taˈkelev/). 3046:
Because of the many dialects of Norwegian and their widespread use it is often difficult to distinguish between non-standard writing of standard Norwegian and eye dialect spelling. It is almost universally true that these spellings try to convey the way each word is pronounced, but it is rare to see
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for local dialects of German, hence writing is left to a great extent to authors and their publishers. Outside quotations, at least, they usually pay little attention to print more than the most commonly spoken contractions, so as not to degrade their readability. The use of apostrophes to indicate
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Informal Belgian Dutch utilizes a wide range of non-standard contractions, such as, for example, "hoe's't" (from "hoe is het?" - how are you?), "hij's d'r" (from "hij is daar" - he's there), "w'ebbe' goe' g'ete'" (from "we hebben goed gegeten" - we had eaten well) and "wa's da'?" (from "wat is dat?"
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The particles 爰, 焉, 云, and 然 ending in n] behave as the grammatical equivalents of a verb (or coverb) followed by 之 'him; her; it (third person object)' or a similar demonstrative pronoun in the object position. In fact, 于/於 '(is) in; at', 曰 'say', and 如 'resemble' are never followed by 之 '(third
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Fixed compound is a word phrase used grammatically as a noun or other part of speech (but in this case not a verb) where the phrase is invariant and widely understood. The phrase does not change no matter where it occurs in a sentence or elsewhere, nor can individual elements be substituted with
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As vernacular Chinese dialects use sets of function words that differ considerably from Classical Chinese, almost all classical contractions listed below are now archaic and have disappeared from everyday use. However, modern contractions have evolved from these new vernacular function words.
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spelling; however, it is fairly common to shorten or contract words in spoken language. Yet, the commonness varies from dialect to dialect and from sociolect to sociolect—it depends on the formality etc. of the setting. Some common, and quite drastic, contractions found in Norwegian speech are
2970:"jakke" for "jeg har ikke", meaning "I do not have" and "dække" for "det er ikke", meaning "there is not". The most frequently used of these contractions—usually consisting of two or three words contracted into one word, contain short, common and often 2729:
was created, do use contractions usually more frequently than German, but varying widely between different local languages. The informally spoken German contractions are observed almost everywhere, most often accompanied by additional ones, such as
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In Filipino, most contractions need other words to be contracted correctly. Only words that end with vowels can make a contraction with words like "at" and "ay." In this chart, the "@" represents any vowel.
3531:). These are fully integrated into the language now, and are not generally thought of as contractions; however in formal writing (e.g., literature, news articles, or technical/scientific writing), である ( 2790:
has as his catchphrase "Schau mer mal" ("Schauen wir einmal" - in English "We shall see."). A book about his career had as its title the slightly longer version of the phrase, "Schau'n Mer Mal".
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The direct object pronouns "lo" and "la" may also contract to form "l'" with a form of "avere", such as "L'ho comprato" - "I have bought it", or "L'abbiamo vista" - "We have seen her".
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of the principal word, as in "Com'era bello!" – "How handsome he / it was!", "Dov'è il tuo amico?" – "Where's your friend?" The same is often true of other words of similar form, e.g.
1720:, the prepositional prefixes -בְּ /bə-/ 'in' and -לְ /lə-/ 'to' contract with the definite article prefix -ה (/ha-/) to form the prefixes -ב /ba/ 'in the' and -ל /la/ 'to the'. In 3467:) to make a colloquial word with a meaning along the lines of "sort of", but that can be used with almost no meaning. Its usage is as a filler word is similar to English "like." 664:, whereas clitics are not limited to particular categories or subcategories; (ii) that, again unlike contractions, their forms are not rule-governed but idiosyncratic (e.g., 3794:
as the pronoun when addressing a single person or group), there may be times when a speaker wants to make clear that they are addressing multiple people by employing
3051:. Reasons for this include words spelled unphonemically, ignorance of conventional spelling rules, or adaptation for better transcription of that dialect's phonemes. 3039:, being present in the example, is especially common in speech in many areas of Norway , but plays out in different ways, as does elision of word-final phonemes like 702:. Contractions, in which one glyph represents two or more morphemes, are a notable exception to this rule. About twenty or so are noted to exist by traditional 2538:, contractions are common and much more numerous than those in Spanish. Several prepositions regularly contract with certain articles and pronouns. For instance, 3925: 3746: 774:
In some rarer cases 諸 can also be contraction for 有之乎. 諸 can be used on its own with the meaning of "all, the class of", as in 諸侯 "the feudal lords."
231:, whereas a portmanteau word is formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a singular concept that the portmanteau describes. 3478:), which is used at the end of statements to show the speaker's belief or opinion, often when it is contrary to that of the listener, e.g., いいじゃん! ( 3010:. The use of the apostrophe (') is much less common than in English, but is sometimes used in contractions to show where letters have been dropped. 2811:
have built contraction patterns involving long phrases and entire sentences. In speech, words are often concatenated, and frequently the process of
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Rare. The prepositions 於, 于, and 乎 are of different origin, but used interchangeably (except that 乎 can also be used as a final question particle).
2692:, etc. are also used, but would be considered to be incorrect if written, except maybe in quoted direct speech, in appropriate context and style. 254:
for "I am", and sometimes other changes as well. These contractions are common in speech and in informal writing, but tend to be avoided in more
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In extreme cases, long, entire sentences may be written as one word. An example of this is "Det ordner seg av seg selv" in standard written
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meaning "I want"). Similarly this is observed in the first person plural and third person plural forms (nolumus and nolunt respectively).
3508:) to show the speaker's annoyance at the listener's failure to listen to, remember, or heed what the speaker has said, e.g., もういいってば! ( 3858: 2952: 2521: 2255: 1359: 135: 678:); and (iii) that, as shown in the table, the inflected and "uncontracted" versions may require different positions in a sentence. 116: 88: 223:
and a contraction by noting that contractions are formed from words that would otherwise appear together in sequence, such as
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functions, though all three are connoted by the term "abbreviation" in layman’s terms. Contraction is also distinguished from
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Though not strictly a contraction, a special form is used when combining con with mí, ti, or sí, which is written as
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would never be used. (The contraction is a strong sign of an English variety that normally marks plurality.)
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also use their own specific contractions that are often unintelligible to speakers of other dialects.
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In standard Indonesian, there are no contractions applied, although Indonesian contractions exist in
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omissions is a varying and considerably less frequent process than in English-language publications.
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Another contraction in Portuguese that is similar to English ones is the combination of the pronoun
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Modern contractions appear in all the major modern dialect groups. For example, 别 (bié) 'don't' in
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is borderline); informal otherwise, as in "cup o' coffee", "barrel o' monkeys", "Land o' Goshen"
109: 28: 2594:(his, her). In addition, some verb forms contract with enclitic object pronouns: e.g., the verb 1378: 710:(兼詞, lit. 'concurrent words'), while more words have been proposed to be contractions by recent 506:) has plurality marked in some varieties of English (e.g. Southern U.S.) by combining with e.g. 428: 3578:
pronouns have contracted forms that are more prevalent in their colloquial usage. Examples are
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Other times, contractions are made to create new words or to give added or altered meaning:
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Such features are found in all central and southern language regions. A sample from Berlin:
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of German, and various local languages that usually were already used long before today's
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Latin contains several examples of contractions. One such case is preserved in the verb
255: 4045: 545: 4095: 4070:"Direct Object Pronouns in Italian: A Complete Guide to These Important Little Words" 3633: 3031: 3006: 2706:(usually written with the apostrophe) in certain contexts. For example, the greeting 1721: 1717: 900:弗 and 勿 were originally not contractions, but were reanalyzed as contractions in the 24: 3047:
language written that does not adhere to at least some of the rules of the official
526: 3629: 3000: 2994: 2988: 2976: 2722: 1402: 1004: 723: 176: 4082: 3118:), certain auxiliary verbs and their derivations are often abbreviated. Examples: 3017:, meaning "It will sort itself out" could become "dånesæsæsjæl" (note the letters 2982: 3026: 2904: 2835: 2808: 2473: 2207: 2073: 1736:, prepositions merge with direct articles in predictable ways. The prepositions 1588: 1311: 703: 418: 414: 220: 210: 180: 51: 2386:(that, masc.) is the only survivor of the first pattern; the personal pronouns 3731: 3726: 3036: 653: 247: 215: 206: 36: 1552:
It is also mandatory to avoid the repetition of a sound when the conjunction
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is a contraction of 勿要 (wù yào), as is apparent graphically. Similarly, in
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has two mandatory phonetic contractions between prepositions and articles:
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are no longer very commonly used. However, there's a difference between
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are also mandatorily merged with masculine and plural direct articles:
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has a variety of contractions, similar to English but mandatory, as in
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In varieties that do not normally mark plurality (so use unmodified
2342:(of him) etc.; and the feminine article before words beginning with 694:) is well suited for the (almost) one-to-one correspondence between 258:(with limited exceptions, such as the now standard form "o'clock"). 3063:(I am unwilling/do not want), which was formed by a contraction of 3644:(sell-manage, "manage to sell") is usually written and pronounced 2626: 2112:
are nowadays rare in the written language, but common in speaking.
1447:(conjunction, relative pronoun, or interrogative pronoun "that"), 699: 35:. For the linguistic function of pronouncing vowels together, see 19:
This article is about grammar of modern languages, which involves
1411:(schwa) will contract if the following word begins with a vowel, 3022: 3018: 2558:(masculine and feminine forms of "the" respectively), producing 1639: 310:/wɪər/ or /wɛər/ is, in most cases, pronounced differently from 153: 3846:
New Hart's Rules: The handbook of style for writers and editors
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The use of contractions is not allowed in any form of standard
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sets of demonstrative pronouns originated as contractions of
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is silent and absorbed by the sound of the succeeding vowel;
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informal, as in "We'd get in trouble if we broke the door."
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is a shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a
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that means "Alb star", as a reference to its brightness);
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respectively after an imperative verb and before the word
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is a contraction of 不要 (bùyào), while 覅 (fiào) 'don't' in
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When used after verbs ending in the conjunctive form ~て (
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Other contractions were common in writing until the 17th
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informal, e.g. "He'd already left." or "We'd better go."
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The main contractions are listed in the following table.
3550:) in very formal speech, but commonly contracted to わたし( 2123:, however it is no longer in very common (written) use. 2398:
texts, unstressed words very often appear contracted:
1692:. It is also common in informal contexts to contract 164:, created by omission of internal letters and sounds. 3929:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 91. 2786:, with the same meaning.) The Munich-born footballer 2441:(with himself/herself/itself/themselves (themself).) 3648:, with the two words forming a contraction and the 2621:
for an apostrophe and joining both words. Examples:
3103:). In certain grammatical contexts the particle の ( 971:Also written 耶. Probably a dialectal variant of 與. 242:has a number of contractions, mostly involving the 76:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 3523:) are older contractions that originate from である ( 3493:) to give a more informal or noncommittal feeling. 2795:Sag einmal, Meister, kann man hier einmal hinein? 3590:(unless it is used as a possessive pronoun) and 1564:("they"), which begin with the same vowel sound 1439:(demonstrative pronoun "that"), these words are 325:informal, as in "What's he do there every day?" 4083:http://nkjp.pl/settings/papers/NKJP_ksiazka.pdf 3079:Some contractions in rapid speech include ~っす ( 1764:combine with the various forms of the definite 352:informal, as in "I've never done this before." 3414: 3402: 3388: 3376: 3362: 3350: 3327: 3306: 3283: 3262: 3239: 3218: 3199: 3182: 3159: 3138: 2710:is usually encountered in the contracted form 2648:, one can often merge the preposition and the 2179:are contracted with any word that begins with 4008: 4006: 3973: 3971: 3969: 3967: 3926:The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language 1638:may sometimes be contracted onto a following 1169:- what is that?. Some of these contractions: 652:form) nor part of one but instead a negative 8: 3485:The commonly used particle-verb phrase という ( 2167:un problema" – There is a problem 1655:, "I don't know") may be pronounced roughly 1023:Some of the contractions in standard Dutch: 1003:proposed that the ending is derived from a 734:contracts 乜嘢 (mat1 ye5) 'what?' to 咩 (me1). 202:, where beginnings and endings are omitted. 3747:List of common English usage misconceptions 2933:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 2766:features several more contractions such as 2762:depending on local intonation preferences. 2502:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 2236:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 2119:was often used before words beginning with 1340:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 219:), but a distinction can be made between a 171:, contractions should not be confused with 3504:) mentioned above, is contracted to ~ってば ( 390:informal, as in "they'll call you later." 341:informal, as in "She's been here before." 333:informal, as in "He's driving right now." 2953:Learn how and when to remove this message 2617:, resulting in changing the first letter 2522:Learn how and when to remove this message 2394:(pl. you) are remnants of the second. In 2256:Learn how and when to remove this message 1533:(informal "you") mandatorily contract to 1487:(informal singular "you" before a verb), 1360:Learn how and when to remove this message 136:Learn how and when to remove this message 4040:. Harvard University Press. p. 10. 4036:Battista, J. L. (1929). "Contractions". 3663: 3120: 2718:Local languages in German-speaking areas 1801: 1171: 1025: 741: 568: 488:, the original dative and accusative of 409:standard in some fixed compounds, as in 263: 3835: 3773: 2318:+ personal and demonstrative pronouns: 738:Table of Classical Chinese contractions 398:informal, as in "I'll call you later." 3802:, etc.)—in which case the contraction 3489:) is often contracted to ~って/~て/~っつー ( 656:suffix. Evidence for this is (i) that 514:— in which case it likely is standard 510:, which is then usually contracted to 2550:) combine with the definite articles 1683: 1673: 1663: 1650: 468:archaic, except in stock uses such as 7: 3987:University of British Columbia Press 3983:Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar 3463:) "something" is contracted to なんか ( 2931:adding citations to reliable sources 2598:(to love) combines with the pronoun 2500:adding citations to reliable sources 2234:adding citations to reliable sources 1338:adding citations to reliable sources 246:of a vowel (which is replaced by an 74:adding citations to reliable sources 3822:to indicate ungrammatical examples. 1052:Genitive form of the Dutch article 578:in a negative closed interrogative 1627:(demonstrative pronoun "that") to 371:informal, as in "Where'd she go?" 14: 4046:10.4159/harvard.9780674188853.c13 4013:Old Chinese reconstruction search 3474:) "is not" is contracted to じゃん ( 2851:. Many of these contractions are 2799:Samma, Meesta, kamma hier ma rin? 644:clearly started as contractions, 563:informal, as in "Fish n' chips." 284:informal, as in "Let's do this." 3500:), the conditional form of という ( 2903: 2825:Lass mich gehen, habe ich gesagt 2472: 2206: 1672:being completely elided and the 1310: 686:The Old Chinese writing system ( 648:is now neither a contraction (a 471:'Twas the night before Christmas 50: 3843:Roberts R; et al. (2005). 3586:. The non-contracted forms are 2366:(here) + pronoun, or pronoun + 1634:In informal speech, a personal 551:Why did you do it? Just 'cause. 61:needs additional citations for 2625:(A popular phrase to refer to 2088:, which are frankly obsolete. 2061:are mandatory, but those with 1623:. However, the contraction of 587:suffix of, the auxiliary verb 187:), with which they share some 16:Shortening of words or phrases 1: 4038:Essentials of Italian Grammar 3896:"Online Etymology Dictionary" 3875:"Online Etymology Dictionary" 3704:Informal. as in "Isa'n libo" 3544:first-person singular pronoun 3444:) can be contracted to ~なきゃ ( 3107:) is contracted to simply ん ( 3099:) is often contracted to じゃ ( 3025:, and the word "sjæl", as an 2834:Mostly, there are no binding 2578:contracts with the pronouns 585:After, or as an inflectional 295:informal, as in "I'm here." 41:Contraction (disambiguation) 31:of two vowels into one, see 2155:(both meaning "there is"). 1010:marker which later took on 988:夫 has many other meanings. 4128: 2778:exists alongside Bavarian 2574:(by the). The preposition 1631:is optional and informal. 804:於之 is never used; only 焉. 85:"Contraction" grammar 18: 3535:) is used in place of だ ( 3415: 3403: 3389: 3377: 3363: 3351: 3328: 3308:~でしまう/~でしまった/~でしまいます/etc. 3307: 3284: 3264:~てしまう/~てしまった/~てしまいます/etc. 3263: 3240: 3219: 3200: 3183: 3160: 3139: 2287:(not to be confused with 1722:colloquial Israeli Hebrew 484:informal, partially from 408: 405: 386: 359: 321: 532:I'll come by 'bout noon. 3851:Oxford University Press 2613:with words starting in 2314:, the most usual being 2139:, to be) and the words 1382:("That's life"), where 640:and other forms ending 549:is very informal, e.g. 209:overlaps with the term 3546:私 is pronounced わたくし ( 3329:~じゃう/~じゃった/~じゃいます/etc. 3285:~ちゃう/~ちゃった/~ちゃいます/etc. 3220:~ておく/~ておいた/~ておきます/etc. 3030: 3005: 2999: 2993: 2987: 2981: 2975: 2444:Finally, one can hear 1700:before a vowel, e.g., 1556:("if") is followed by 1479:("me" before a verb), 544: 525: 39:. For other uses, see 3815:This article uses an 3737:Clipping (morphology) 2646:prepositional phrases 2586:(he, she), producing 1803:Italian contractions 1682:being mixed with the 937:胡 is a variant of 何. 902:Warring States period 23:. For contraction in 4112:Syntactic categories 3979:Edwin G. Pulleyblank 3594:, respectively. The 3564:dialects of Japanese 3515:The common words だ ( 3482:) "What, it's fine!" 3140:~ている/~ていた/~ています/etc. 2927:improve this section 2641:In informal, spoken 2496:improve this section 2303:or, more literally, 2230:improve this section 2147:are contracted into 1334:improve this section 625:Will you n't attend? 607:Will you not attend? 602:Will not you attend? 502:2nd person pronoun ( 70:improve this article 4026:'s reconstructions. 3921:Pullum, Geoffrey K. 3762:Syncope (phonetics) 3601:, which stands for 3241:~とく/~といた/~ときます/etc. 2829:Lomejon haschjesaat 2807:dialects along the 2805:West Central German 2699:often contracts to 1804: 1576:("if it", if he"); 706:, and are known as 579: 250:in writing), as in 169:linguistic analysis 4072:. 13 January 2020. 4018:2011-12-03 at the 3917:Huddleston, Rodney 3752:Poetic contraction 3452:) "I have to go." 3440:The ending ~なければ ( 3433:(go) and the verb 2883:("a moment"), and 2433:(with you sing.), 2406:(all the, masc.), 2334:(of that, masc.), 2326:(of these, fem.), 2096:are still common; 2041:Contractions with 1802: 1652:[ʒənəsɛpa] 1431:). 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